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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (DAL)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Myles Jones Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Myles Jones
CB Duke
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Michael Gallup
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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureC
A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a D- weekend for the Cowboys.

Somebody took the Cowboys to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. The process wobbled, and the D- is where it lands.

Whatever Jayden Daniels becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. Every board in the league had Capehart lower, and that gap is the story. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

That is a safety worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In slot 8 they get the face of the franchise. A real need, handled.
Pick24 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the Round 1 slot they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick43 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
The board had cheaper options than Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 43rd overall pick, and it noticed. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie in pick No. 56 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick65 Rnd3 Trey Benson
Trey Benson in No. 65 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick74 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at pick 74 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick87 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
Michael Hall Jr. at the 87th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick124 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
They took Tommy Eichenberg at par in Round 4, Pick 24, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick174 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
The board had Kitan Oladapo higher than slot 174, and the safety fell to them anyway. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick212 Rnd6 Myles Jones
Myles Jones at pick 212 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick245 Rnd7 DeMonte Capehart
A wild overpay on DeMonte Capehart in No. 245, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.